Dear Prudence, My mother doesn’t care for my fiancé and makes it a point to never get his name right. What can ...

A letter writer married someone just before turning 70. Two years later, that someone "is in the middle stages of dementia." ...

I want to remain a steady presence in the children’s lives but have nothing to do with the narcissistic household.

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